Born in New Braunfels, Texas, Chester Geue (1899-1975) learned to speak German at an
early age. He earned degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering at the
University of Texas at Austin before embarking on an engineering career in steam
electric power. Geue’s lifelong interest in the history of German settlement in
Texas, and particularly the New Braunfels area, flourished as he partnered with his
wife Ethel Hander Geue on numerous research and writing projects. (adapted from
Sketches of Life in the United States of North America and
Texas)

Research notes, correspondence, source materials, photographs, typescripts,
manuscripts, and galley proofs comprise the Chester Geue Papers. The bulk of the
material relates to Geue’s work on Sketches of Life in the
United States of North America and Texas and von Wrede’s Lebensbilder aus den vereiningten Staaten von Nordamerika und
Texas, though a smaller component contains personal material.